The Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) seeks to monitor public order, protest and community policing that is excessive, discriminatory or threatens civil rights.

Netpol is a signatory to ‘Together Against Prevent’, which enables opponents of the government’s ‘anti-radicalisation’ programme to make a public stand against its draconian surveillance methods and the systematic targeting of political dissent, particularly within Muslim communities.

The idea is a simple one: groups display the campaign logo on tjheir websites and sign up to a simple statement of opposition to Prevent.

Netpol has produced new guidance for the anti-fracking movement on resisting police surveillance and understanding laws affecting protesters.

Over nine fact sheets, we have tried to respond to many of the most common questions, from both participants in protectors camps and from local groups who are organising meetings and street stalls. Unfortunately, there is growing evidence that many police forces classify any form of organised opposition to extreme energy extraction as ‘suspect’.